Faith Healing - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about Faith Healing.

Faith Healing - Research Article from World of Health

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 10 pages of information about Faith Healing.
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Let's consider these elements regarding "faith healing":

  • Mobilization of healing forces by confident reliance on certain substances, rituals or procedures.
  • The power of religious faith, mobilized by rituals and prayer in putting to use those (or similar) forces.
  • Distinguishing sincere healers from charlatans and frauds.
  • The points of interaction and points of conflict between faith healing and scientific medicine.

Faith-generated Healing Forces

When doctors try a new drug they generally divide the trial group into two sections. About half the subjects get the new drug and half get sugar pills (made to look like the hopefully-effective product). These inactive tablets are called "placebos".

They do this because patients often experience relief when a doctor or institution in whom they have confidence prescribes anything new and different. In one study of a medication being tried for arthritis, for instance, 40% of the patients who were taking totally ineffective...

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